If there are two things that the free-market energy bastion of Alberta has never been completely comfortable with, they are the free market and energy.
That’s become clear again in the wake of Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s $3.2-billion bid for AltaLink LP, the company that operates power lines serving more than four-fifths of the province.
The deal has sparked heated debate about foreign ownership of “critical infrastructure” in a place where new transmission projects get embroiled in battles over property rights even when demand drives the grid close to the breaking point.
Jeffrey Jones – Globe and Mail – May 28, 2014.
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